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Footbridge and Tobacco Road

Footbridge and Tobacco Road.

This foot bridge crosses a deep ravine.    Underneath the footbridge is a path that in the 18th Century was known as Tobacco Road. 

Tobacco, in the 17th and 18th centuries, was a valuable form of currency. ...

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The Custom House

The Custom House
The Custom House was built about 1721 by Richard Ambler. Richard Ambler was a leading merchant in Yorktown and this undoubtedly influenced the selection of Richard Ambler as Customs Officer. He used this building as his ...

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Western Reserve Academy

Two months after Ohio became a state in 1803, the Ohio State Assembly gave David Hudson and 12 others the right to found a college. Classes were not held until 1826, when the first building was erected high on a ...

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Old Tannery Farm, once home of John Brown

A number of Hudson Ohio's historic plaques reference John Brown.  The famous abolitionist came to Hudson with his family as a five-year old in 1805.  

John's father Owen, often referred to as Squire Brown, played a major role in ...

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First Public Structure in Hudson/First Schoolhouse in Summit County

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First Schoolhouse marker

Near the Gazebo, you will see a rock that marks the spot of the first public structure in town. 

When David Hudson founded our city, Ohio was a wilderness.     He was the only one of the ...

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Lincoln Marker

In February, 1861, Abraham Lincoln took a ‘Whistle-Stop Tour’ from Springfield, Illinois  to Washington, D.C.  on his way to his inauguration.  Hudson, where he was greeted by more than 6,000 admirers,  was one of 29 stops he made in Ohio.  ...

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Clocktower

At the intersection of Aurora and Main Street is Hudson's iconic landmark, the  Clocktower.  This was given to Hudson by James Ellsworth in 1912, after he spent a decade revitalizing the town.  Some of his projects included buried electrical wires, ...

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Case Barlow Farm

Case-Barlow Farm

1931 Barlow Road

The Cases, along with their five children and one cow tied to their two-horse covered wagon, left Granby, Connecticut in May 1814.   Arriving in Hudson 6 weeks later, the family moved into a log cabin ...

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Clinton House Museum

Not only did the future U.S. president Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State call this their first home, but they were married right in the living room. Bill and Hillary were married in October of 1975 while they were ...

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